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A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis
A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis, wherein are compared to gather Christs acts and our holy father the Popes.A pistle to the Christen reader The revelation of Antichrist. Antithesis, wherin are compared to geder Christes actes and oure holye father the Popes.
At Malborow in the land of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the. xij. day of July, anno. M.CCCCC.xxix. by me Hans luft i.e. Johannes Hoochstraten, 1529At Malborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the. xij. day of Iulye, anno. M.CCCCC.xxix. by me Hans luft i.e. Johannes Hoochstraten, 1529
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Observe and note with what sober and meek words the spirit doth handle these cruel and odious monsters / for he calleth the abominable pomp and hypocrisy nothing but faces / which thou canst sufficiently and worthily defame with no word. And he nameth this pestilent deceiving of antichrists doctrine. And this mischievous foxy wiliness to delude men / nothing but riddles.1 This clearly doth Daniel in the .vij. prophesy / where he writeth that after the terrible best that had ten horns (which by the consent of all men is the empery of Rome) he considered and saw an other little horn sprins ⟨image 42⟩ginge out of the midst of them (that is the impery of the Pope which as we said is sprung in the midst of the empery of Rome▪ ••d behold there were eyes like mens […] this horn / and a mouth speaking great and marvellous things. These eyes be the riddles / and the subtle understanding of these riddles / is the wisdom of the flesh / & the blasphemous mouth against Christ.
Observe and note with what sober and meke wordes the sprete doth handell these cruell and odious monstres / for he calleth ye abominable pompe and hypocrisye nothinge but faces / which thow canst sufficiently and worthely defame with no word. And he nameth this pestilent deceavinge of antichristes dottrine. And this mischevous foxy wylinesse to delude men / nothinge but rydles.1 This clerly doth Daniel in the .vij. prophesye / where he writeth that after the terrible best that had ten hornes (which by the consent of all men is the imperye of Rome) he considered ād sawe an other litle horne sprīs ⟨image 42⟩ginge out of the middes of them (that is ye impery of the Pope which as we saide is spron••e in the middes of the imperye of Rome▪ ••d behold there were eyes like mennes 〈…〉 this horne / and a mowth speakinge great ād mervelous thinges. These eyes be the rydles / and the sotle vnderstondinge of these ridles / is the wisdome of the flesshe / & the blasphemous mowthe against Christ.